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• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  friend, accused of raping children and in all honesty I would probably tell ... would not have the library that I study in. We would not have the new ... Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  fairly regularly. In my years at MIT, I've seen sneaks of such films as 8 ... movie derail me from that. I was thinking about how no colleges ever ... that military recruiters would sometimes stop by. So when I visit the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  them to do it. PUF only sits if I’ve got a treat in my hand, and then ... I don’t consider it enough of a sit. 4. snuggling in weird positions ... . stealing in that PUF used to scream at me if I didn’t leave an arm outside

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  jokingly believes that you do check in on me, seeing just how much i ... coming into mit being so afraid i would lose over friends over how i ... know how to lose friends with grace. in a way, i am thankful for you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  minutes before my alarm goes off. i haven't woken up naturally in a while ... probably the neatest notes i have in any class this semester. i grab lunch ... building 46. i ask her to measure my pupillary distance so i can buy glasses

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... something like that. I think I’m going to concentrate in Music Technology if I ... Shanties. I read all 400 pages of this book in 2 hours in the McCormick hall

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not ... I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia ... just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  with z e r o cooking experience and I mainly would just buy ingredients ... . In MIT speak, I'm a CMS/6-3 and this past semester I took 3.091, 21M.011, 18.01, and 8.01L. In non-MIT speak, I'm a double major in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  not yet totally fallen apart.[/annotation] Before I describe how I ... . The theme is "How Can I Keep from Singing," which is extremely apt for ... write [annotation note="in fact, i wrote around 60 poems in 60 days during

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... it more together than me). Worry #2: I became less sure I would fit in ... engineering department, but it’s just not something I would like to major in, so

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  sky. (In fact, I pondered this in C Major, diatonically.) You might recall that I joined a cooperative living group in January. As it happens ... highways in the company of half-comatose housemates, I perused the 60 mph

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process ... outdated. This is how I went about the college recruiting process for soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  ’t think this would have happened if I went to school in another city outside ... so many wonderful people in this city. By God’s grace, my sister and I ... first time. In short, my life has changed. I didn’t know meat could taste

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  thought of how annoying it would be to say I almost did the Monologues. How the one I’d written would linger in my google drive, not fully ... dye their hair. It sounded up my alley; I love writing, and this would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  them the option to either swap the balls or keep them in place. then i re ... color of each ball in the process i want to prove to my friend that two entrances to a building are connected proof: i walk in via the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  teenager i could walk in shorts in 40 degree (fahrenheit) weather without any issue, whereas currently the weather in boston is around 50 degrees and i ... week or so back when it was happening) i’m also noticing how, when i use

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  Since I'm returning to blogging after quite the unplanned hiatus (read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few ... 't even think there'd be any trees here.But I would be remiss if I didn

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  said country, which in my case would be Germany. Too bad I don't know any German. Not kidding: I just googled 'how to say good-bye in German ... In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in ... week. It was not uncommon that year to meet someone who would say, "I don't think we've met, but your voice sure sounds familiar." I would laugh and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  out how I am going to unpack, go to 4 different meetings, buy groceries ... ’m excited to finally move in. I’m especially excited to be a blogger for the ... groups, I have been in Seattle, at home, while the rest of my family has

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019